The Beauty of Love As It Was Made To Be 25/?
Title: The Beauty of Love As It Was Made To Be 25/?
Rating: PG
Pairing and Characters: Dean/Cas, Faith, Kevin, Tracy
Spoilers/Warnings: none I can think of
Word Count: ~3,200 (this chapter)
Summary: This is a sequel to "Like To Stay in Heaven..." you don't have to read that first to start this, but it would help a lot. That masterpost is here. You do need to read the prologue which is here. This starts two months after the end of my version of season 7.
This chapter: More information is learned about the new demonic threat and an old friend reappears to help.
Notes: This story will most likely turn into another monster. I've had this story in mind for a while and haven't had a way to write it out. It will go on for a long time to see Dean and Cas's daughter grow to an adult.
Previous
For three weeks, Kevin’s hunter guard had to exorcise or kill multiple demons to keep him safe. Dean was getting more insistent on having Kevin back at the bunker. Kevin kept refusing. Faith found out about all this and was set on going to him herself.
“Faith, no.” Dean put a hand on her shoulder. “He wants you too.” He still had nightmares about the possessed girls. ‘He’s coming for you,’ continued to mock him in his sleep.
“I can get him here, keep him safe!”
“No!” Dean had to stay firm with Faith. The nephilim was still making unauthorized trips to New York and Dean was close to putting binding up on the entire bunker.
“Dad, let me help!” She raised her voice enough to make Dean’s ears pinch in pain.
“You’ll help by staying here and not riling up the demons more.” She tightened her lips in frustration and stormed off to the shooting range. He sighed and walked into the library. Cas was out getting food and Dean sat at the table to wait for him.
He heard the distant sound of gunfire and knew Faith was letting off some steam. He couldn’t believe how much she reminded him of Cas and even himself a little. She had the Winchester stubbornness and anger, but she genuinely cared about her friends and family and only did what she thought would help them.
While he waited, Dean thought of some possible people who could help. He was hesitant to make the call, but they needed to know what was going on.
Cas had come back with groceries as Dean went out the door. He told him that he was meeting a hunter for some information, which was true, mostly.
He pulled the Impala over a few miles from the bunker. He might trust this person with some things, but not with the bunker or its location.
A silver Taurus came to a stop down the street a few feet. Dean waited as the driver exited the car and sauntered over to him.
The woman had long silver-blonde hair and was smiling widely. “Dean, it’s been a long time.” She came to a stop in front of him and crossed her arms. “Finally moved out of the cabin, huh?”
“Yes. Nice to see you again, Tracy.” He said it without any real happiness. The shapeshifter might have proved herself enough to not be killed by Dean’s hand but he still didn’t know what her whole game really was.
She chuckled. “You seem so pleased. Where are you and the family staying these days?”
“No offense, but I’m not tellin’ you.”
“You don’t trust me?”
“Not with that.”
She nodded like she expected as much. “What can I do for you?”
“I was hoping you could tell me about the new demon running Hell. He seems to have Crowley’s idea of getting tablets and taking prophets. He’s also threatened my daughter, so I’d like to go kill him.”
Tracy narrowed her eyes in thought. “I have heard some ruckus about some demons. All I really know about him is that he’s powerful. And I mean, more than Crowley ever was. He doesn’t get his power by making other people think he’s powerful. He’s old and very dangerous.”
“For claiming not to know much, you seem to know something.”
“I hear rumors. Unless I’m interested specifically, I just pass along the stories.”
“Well, could you take an interest?”
“Why should I?” She raised a light brow.
“Because you’re a hunter and this affects you too.” She scoffed. “And because of Faith. You seemed to care about her some back when we met. This demon is a threat to her and she’s old enough to want to find him, but not old enough to realize her own mortality.”
Tracy narrowed her eyes in thought. “Fine. I’ll do it for her. I hear plenty of stories about her, by the way. She’s really got a reputation.”
Dean sighed. “We’ve been trying to keep her hidden, but…that didn’t quite work. I don’t suppose you’ve done much to quiet those rumors?”
She laughed. “Once it was going, why not keep up the fear? I may have exaggerated a bit, but what good is a scary story without some exaggeration? The legend is always bigger than the real thing. Some people even doubt it’s true.”
“Not the important people.” He shuffled his feet and looked down the empty road. “So you’ll help us?”
“I’ll ask around.” She smiled and crossed her arms. “Where can I come by and fill you in?”
“The phone will work just fine.” He really didn’t want Tracy near the bunker.
“Point taken. See you around, Dean.” She walked off with a wave and drove down the street.
Dean waited a few minutes before driving back to the bunker.
Faith was working on some school work when he got back, so Dean sat with Cas and told him about Tracy. Cas was surprised that Dean went to her, but welcomed the help.
“Do you really think she’ll help us?”
Dean shrugged. “She seemed genuine enough. If she doesn’t, it’s not like we lose anything.”
“I guess.” He put a hand on Dean’s arm. “I think we should talk to Faith. She’s been really upset since the little fight.”
Dean nodded. “We probably should.”
They both went to Faith’s room and knocked on the door. She kept it locked now when she didn’t want them to come in. After a few seconds, she unlocked it and opened the door.
“Can we come in?”
She nodded and stepped aside so they could enter. She sat on the bed. Nidawi was perched on the headboard of the bed and watched the men sit on the edge of the mattress.
“Faith…”
“I already know what you’re gonna say, Dad.” She cut off Dean before he could give her another speech. “I know why you don’t want me to leave the bunker so much. I understand the danger, but Kevin is in danger too and we need to bring him here.”
“We can’t force Kevin to do anything.”
“But you will with me?!” She shook her head and crossed her arms. “I can’t visit Henry, I can’t protect Kevin, and I can’t use my powers unless it’s necessary. What exactly can I do?”
“You can stay here and stay safe.”
“I don’t want to be a captive, Dad! You can’t hold me forever.”
“I don’t want to. Faith, once we know who we’re up against, we’ll take care of him. Then, you can go out more often and it won’t be as dangerous. We don’t want anything to happen to you.”
“I can take care of myself.”
“We know that, honey.” Cas reached forward and gently touched her arm. “You just shouldn’t have to when you’re so young. It’s our job to watch over you. Let us do that while we still can.”
She sighed and seemed to think briefly. She looked down at her bed and Nidawi hovered over to sit on her shoulder.
“We’ve got Tracy looking for information on the demon and what tablet he might have. We know that he’s very old and powerful, and that’s enough to make us nervous about what he could do to you.” Dean stood as he spoke.
Nidawi moved closer to Faith’s ear and seemed to whisper to her. Faith’s brows shot up in surprise before she smiled and looked at Dean. “Nidawi says she can help.”
“How?”
“She knows who the demon is.” The pixie glowed brightly as Faith smiled in victory. “She’ll tell you if you let me get Kevin.”
“Faith, if she really knows who he is, she needs to tell us.”
“I told you, she will.”
“No, right now. You’re not going to pick up Kevin unless he says he wants to come back here. She needs to tell us about the demon, now.”
He looked at the fairy in irritation. He didn’t understand why she would wait this long to give up the information.
Faith tightened her lips and stared at Dean. She wouldn’t give in. The fairy hovered behind her smugly and seemed to laugh at Dean’s anger.
“Faith, this isn’t a game.” Cas couldn’t see the fairy, but Dean’s anger made him want to intervene. He stood and hoped to make Faith see reason. “This demon is targeting you and us. We need all the information we can get. How would you feel if someone gets hurt or dies because you were being stubborn and childish and wouldn’t tell us what we need to know?”
She seemed to deflate some at his words. She didn’t want anyone to get hurt, but she needed to be a part of this. “Let me help, and I’ll tell you.”
“You will help. Maybe not with Kevin, but you will. We never intended for you to be left out of this forever.” With what Faith was destined to do later with the gates of Hell, she needed more experience with demons. He just hoped to avoid it until she was a little older.
Nidawi whispered to Faith again and the nephilim sat up straighter on the bed. “Fine.” She listened as Nidawi told her what she knew. “She says he is very old, one of the first demons. His name is Furcas.”
“Furcas?” Dean asked with curiosity. “Can’t they have any normal names?”
“Would you really be afraid of the demon Steve?” Cas smiled at Dean’s eye roll.
“What else?” Dean asked Faith, hoping she had more than that.
Faith shook her head. “She doesn’t know much else. Just that he is one of the most powerful demons and one of the oldest.”
“That’s something, I guess.” Dean pinched his nose and turned to Cas. “Have you ever heard of this demon?”
Cas tried to think back. He knew a lot about some of the first demons, like Lilith, but he was having a hard time recalling anything prior to becoming human. His human memory was beginning to fade with time. The name sounded familiar, but he couldn’t place it.
He shook his head. “I’m sorry, Dean. I can’t remember.”
Dean was concerned by the distraught look on Cas’s face. “That’s alright. That’s what research is for.” He took his arm and led him to the door. “Faith, you will have a part of this hunt. But please, stay here until we can figure out what we’re up against.” She nodded as they left her room.
After searching for hours, they came up with little to nothing on Furcas, other than the fact that he was a Knight of Hell. Dean groaned. “Great, so we’re up against another Abaddon?”
“Something like.” Cas looked away from the computer screen. A vague memory of the Knights of Hell surfaced. Many of them had been killed long ago. Cas wasn’t present or involved at all with the killings, but even the archangels had a hard time getting rid of the ones they managed to smite. Clearly Abaddon wasn’t the only one to escape.
“That’s just great. How are we supposed to kill another one of these bastards? I doubt we can pull the bullet trick again.”
Cas shook his head. “I don’t know. It would require a lot more power than we have.”
“What about Faith?” Dean put a hand up when Cas was about to argue. “Not as in, throwing her to him like a bomb, but could she be powerful enough to do some damage or even kill him?”
Cas considered it. Nephilim were at least as strong as archangels. Something in their makeup made them more powerful, stronger, much like the half demon child they had met long ago. “It’s possible, theoretically. I don’t know if we should let Faith go after him though, not yet.”
“Yeah, not yet. It’s just nice to know that it could be possible. Do you think there are more Knights still alive out there?”
“I don’t know. I hope not, but who knows?”
“I think I should call Sam. I really don’t want him to worry but he should know about this.” Dean stood and took out his phone.
Cas went to find Faith as Dean talked to Sam. He wanted to let her know what was going on too. She was in a difficult yoga pose with her legs in the air and balancing on her left hand. When she saw Cas enter, she put her other hand down and rolled into a somersault. She jumped up to her feet.
“What’s up?” She could tell he was there for something serious.
“Sit.” He sat on the small mat she had been practicing on. She sat across from him with her legs crossed. “Your dad and I have been looking up more information on Furcas. He’s a Knight of Hell, like Abaddon was. Which means that not much can stop or kill him.”
“What are we gonna do?”
Cas shook his head. “We don’t know yet. We’re hoping Tracy can get us some information on where he is and the tablet. All we can do is wait and keep eyes out.”
Faith nodded and sighed. She really wanted to do something about this problem, but she couldn’t. “Wanna spar, Pop?” She smiled and tapped his knee.
Cas laughed as she hopped up to her feet. “Alright, but go easy on me. I’m not getting younger.” He stood as Faith laughed and helped her practice.
For the next few months, Tracy called in with some information. She had found out his name and rank and that he was staying mostly along the West Coast. It took her a while but she finally heard something about what tablet they might have: the angel tablet.
Cas’s eyes had widened when Dean told him that. Without Kevin, there wasn’t much of a threat but if Kevin became too much trouble or if he got impatient, he might just kill him and wait for the next one to show up.
The urge to bring Kevin back was greater now that they knew how serious a threat there was. Dean was even tempted to let Faith ‘accidently’ misunderstand Dean and go pick him up. Eventually, he agreed to spend the summer break at the bunker and Faith was elated.
A couple weeks after moving Kevin, Tracy called again and told Dean that the demons knew that Kevin was with them again and that the nephilim had flown him back. It wasn’t surprising for them, but it made them more cautious when they left the safe house.
It was quiet that summer and it only made them all the more nervous. They went on some smaller jobs to fight getting stir crazy. They sometimes left Faith with Kevin, and other times they took her along.
When school started again, Kevin returned with a couple hunter guards. It was his last year and he wanted to get his degree. That was when all the trouble started again and Kevin was taken.
Dean got a call from the demon that had grabbed him and told him to come with the nephilim and maybe they could work something out. He hadn’t planned to agree to that but Faith had a plan.
Dean drove up to the meeting place in California with Cas and Faith. He looked back at Faith in the back. “Are you sure you want to do this?”
She nodded. “We have to. Kevin won’t translate for him. They’ll kill him.”
“Yeah, okay let’s go.”
They walked up together, both parents holding one of Faith’s arms. When they reached the door, Faith started screaming and crying. They dragged her in and saw the demons waiting inside the building. Kevin was back by the opposite wall with a demon on either side.
Tears fell down Faith’s cheeks as Dean and Cas played at roughly pulling her into the room. The demons already seemed skeptical. They had been smart enough to put some angel binding on the walls, but half of it was wrong and it didn’t do much to weaken Faith.
“We’re here. Give us Kevin.” Dean held Faith in a much looser grip then he made it look as he growled at the demons.
“That’s not what we agreed to.” One of the demons in front moved forward with a smile. “You brought her, we have the prophet, why would we give any of that up?”
The door slammed shut behind them and latched. Dean and Cas looked back. The demons laughed.
“Did you really think it would be as easy as a horse trade?” A smoother voice spoke as the demons moved away. Faith got quiet as Furcas
entered slowly. “Really? I expected so much more.” He looked at Faith with a smile that made her skin crawl.
Dean and Cas dropped the act and pushed Faith behind them. They touched shoulders as they stood in front of her. Furcas looked up to meet their eye.
“What was the plan here exactly? To make us think you would honestly give us your daughter so she could turn on us and you would all get away?” He laughed at the absurdity of it.
“Something like that.” Faith wiped the tears from her cheeks and pushed her way through her parents’ hips. She glared at Furcas. “You need better binding on this place. NIDAWI!”
Faith’s eyes began to glow and Furcas backed away in fear. Dean and Cas charged the demons and fought their way to Kevin. Faith kept her eyes on Furcas with a snarl on her face. Grace shot out her fingertips. Nidawi then flew through the room and knocked a few of the demons away from Dean and Cas.
When Faith’s whole body lit up with grace, Furcas opened his vessel’s mouth wide and left in a black cloud. Faith tried to chase it and ended up outside.
Dean and Cas grabbed Kevin and ran out to the car. Nidawi was flying close by but went back when Faith hadn’t returned. She was looking at the sky with a frown. The fairy bumped her lightly. She shook her head and walked back with her to the car.
Kevin spent the night in the motel with them before they would fly him back to school.
“So you’re sure it was the angel tablet?” Cas hadn’t known there was an angel tablet but he couldn’t imagine the damage it could cause.
Kevin nodded. “I had eyes on it for a while. It was about angels and Heaven. I didn’t get a lot of specifics but there is a lot of information there. I don’t want to think about what he’s planning to do.”
“You know he’ll probably give up on kidnapping you, right? He’ll most likely just try to kill you. A new prophet would probably be a lot more compliant.” Dean didn’t want to be the black cloud, but he felt the need to point it out.
“I know.”
“I guess we’ll just have to get you some more protection.” Dean patted his shoulder.
Faith jumped up to his bed and sat next to him. “I’m glad you didn’t get hurt.”
He smiled at her. “Me too. Thanks for coming to get me.” He ruffled her long hair. She slapped his hands away and laughed.
They returned Kevin to school the next day and asked Tracy to help keep an eye on him. She had sighed and told them to get new friends before agreeing. They thought maybe she could have an edge the other hunters didn’t have. They had to hope for the best.
Next
Rating: PG
Pairing and Characters: Dean/Cas, Faith, Kevin, Tracy
Spoilers/Warnings: none I can think of
Word Count: ~3,200 (this chapter)
Summary: This is a sequel to "Like To Stay in Heaven..." you don't have to read that first to start this, but it would help a lot. That masterpost is here. You do need to read the prologue which is here. This starts two months after the end of my version of season 7.
This chapter: More information is learned about the new demonic threat and an old friend reappears to help.
Notes: This story will most likely turn into another monster. I've had this story in mind for a while and haven't had a way to write it out. It will go on for a long time to see Dean and Cas's daughter grow to an adult.
Previous
For three weeks, Kevin’s hunter guard had to exorcise or kill multiple demons to keep him safe. Dean was getting more insistent on having Kevin back at the bunker. Kevin kept refusing. Faith found out about all this and was set on going to him herself.
“Faith, no.” Dean put a hand on her shoulder. “He wants you too.” He still had nightmares about the possessed girls. ‘He’s coming for you,’ continued to mock him in his sleep.
“I can get him here, keep him safe!”
“No!” Dean had to stay firm with Faith. The nephilim was still making unauthorized trips to New York and Dean was close to putting binding up on the entire bunker.
“Dad, let me help!” She raised her voice enough to make Dean’s ears pinch in pain.
“You’ll help by staying here and not riling up the demons more.” She tightened her lips in frustration and stormed off to the shooting range. He sighed and walked into the library. Cas was out getting food and Dean sat at the table to wait for him.
He heard the distant sound of gunfire and knew Faith was letting off some steam. He couldn’t believe how much she reminded him of Cas and even himself a little. She had the Winchester stubbornness and anger, but she genuinely cared about her friends and family and only did what she thought would help them.
While he waited, Dean thought of some possible people who could help. He was hesitant to make the call, but they needed to know what was going on.
Cas had come back with groceries as Dean went out the door. He told him that he was meeting a hunter for some information, which was true, mostly.
He pulled the Impala over a few miles from the bunker. He might trust this person with some things, but not with the bunker or its location.
A silver Taurus came to a stop down the street a few feet. Dean waited as the driver exited the car and sauntered over to him.
The woman had long silver-blonde hair and was smiling widely. “Dean, it’s been a long time.” She came to a stop in front of him and crossed her arms. “Finally moved out of the cabin, huh?”
“Yes. Nice to see you again, Tracy.” He said it without any real happiness. The shapeshifter might have proved herself enough to not be killed by Dean’s hand but he still didn’t know what her whole game really was.
She chuckled. “You seem so pleased. Where are you and the family staying these days?”
“No offense, but I’m not tellin’ you.”
“You don’t trust me?”
“Not with that.”
She nodded like she expected as much. “What can I do for you?”
“I was hoping you could tell me about the new demon running Hell. He seems to have Crowley’s idea of getting tablets and taking prophets. He’s also threatened my daughter, so I’d like to go kill him.”
Tracy narrowed her eyes in thought. “I have heard some ruckus about some demons. All I really know about him is that he’s powerful. And I mean, more than Crowley ever was. He doesn’t get his power by making other people think he’s powerful. He’s old and very dangerous.”
“For claiming not to know much, you seem to know something.”
“I hear rumors. Unless I’m interested specifically, I just pass along the stories.”
“Well, could you take an interest?”
“Why should I?” She raised a light brow.
“Because you’re a hunter and this affects you too.” She scoffed. “And because of Faith. You seemed to care about her some back when we met. This demon is a threat to her and she’s old enough to want to find him, but not old enough to realize her own mortality.”
Tracy narrowed her eyes in thought. “Fine. I’ll do it for her. I hear plenty of stories about her, by the way. She’s really got a reputation.”
Dean sighed. “We’ve been trying to keep her hidden, but…that didn’t quite work. I don’t suppose you’ve done much to quiet those rumors?”
She laughed. “Once it was going, why not keep up the fear? I may have exaggerated a bit, but what good is a scary story without some exaggeration? The legend is always bigger than the real thing. Some people even doubt it’s true.”
“Not the important people.” He shuffled his feet and looked down the empty road. “So you’ll help us?”
“I’ll ask around.” She smiled and crossed her arms. “Where can I come by and fill you in?”
“The phone will work just fine.” He really didn’t want Tracy near the bunker.
“Point taken. See you around, Dean.” She walked off with a wave and drove down the street.
Dean waited a few minutes before driving back to the bunker.
Faith was working on some school work when he got back, so Dean sat with Cas and told him about Tracy. Cas was surprised that Dean went to her, but welcomed the help.
“Do you really think she’ll help us?”
Dean shrugged. “She seemed genuine enough. If she doesn’t, it’s not like we lose anything.”
“I guess.” He put a hand on Dean’s arm. “I think we should talk to Faith. She’s been really upset since the little fight.”
Dean nodded. “We probably should.”
They both went to Faith’s room and knocked on the door. She kept it locked now when she didn’t want them to come in. After a few seconds, she unlocked it and opened the door.
“Can we come in?”
She nodded and stepped aside so they could enter. She sat on the bed. Nidawi was perched on the headboard of the bed and watched the men sit on the edge of the mattress.
“Faith…”
“I already know what you’re gonna say, Dad.” She cut off Dean before he could give her another speech. “I know why you don’t want me to leave the bunker so much. I understand the danger, but Kevin is in danger too and we need to bring him here.”
“We can’t force Kevin to do anything.”
“But you will with me?!” She shook her head and crossed her arms. “I can’t visit Henry, I can’t protect Kevin, and I can’t use my powers unless it’s necessary. What exactly can I do?”
“You can stay here and stay safe.”
“I don’t want to be a captive, Dad! You can’t hold me forever.”
“I don’t want to. Faith, once we know who we’re up against, we’ll take care of him. Then, you can go out more often and it won’t be as dangerous. We don’t want anything to happen to you.”
“I can take care of myself.”
“We know that, honey.” Cas reached forward and gently touched her arm. “You just shouldn’t have to when you’re so young. It’s our job to watch over you. Let us do that while we still can.”
She sighed and seemed to think briefly. She looked down at her bed and Nidawi hovered over to sit on her shoulder.
“We’ve got Tracy looking for information on the demon and what tablet he might have. We know that he’s very old and powerful, and that’s enough to make us nervous about what he could do to you.” Dean stood as he spoke.
Nidawi moved closer to Faith’s ear and seemed to whisper to her. Faith’s brows shot up in surprise before she smiled and looked at Dean. “Nidawi says she can help.”
“How?”
“She knows who the demon is.” The pixie glowed brightly as Faith smiled in victory. “She’ll tell you if you let me get Kevin.”
“Faith, if she really knows who he is, she needs to tell us.”
“I told you, she will.”
“No, right now. You’re not going to pick up Kevin unless he says he wants to come back here. She needs to tell us about the demon, now.”
He looked at the fairy in irritation. He didn’t understand why she would wait this long to give up the information.
Faith tightened her lips and stared at Dean. She wouldn’t give in. The fairy hovered behind her smugly and seemed to laugh at Dean’s anger.
“Faith, this isn’t a game.” Cas couldn’t see the fairy, but Dean’s anger made him want to intervene. He stood and hoped to make Faith see reason. “This demon is targeting you and us. We need all the information we can get. How would you feel if someone gets hurt or dies because you were being stubborn and childish and wouldn’t tell us what we need to know?”
She seemed to deflate some at his words. She didn’t want anyone to get hurt, but she needed to be a part of this. “Let me help, and I’ll tell you.”
“You will help. Maybe not with Kevin, but you will. We never intended for you to be left out of this forever.” With what Faith was destined to do later with the gates of Hell, she needed more experience with demons. He just hoped to avoid it until she was a little older.
Nidawi whispered to Faith again and the nephilim sat up straighter on the bed. “Fine.” She listened as Nidawi told her what she knew. “She says he is very old, one of the first demons. His name is Furcas.”
“Furcas?” Dean asked with curiosity. “Can’t they have any normal names?”
“Would you really be afraid of the demon Steve?” Cas smiled at Dean’s eye roll.
“What else?” Dean asked Faith, hoping she had more than that.
Faith shook her head. “She doesn’t know much else. Just that he is one of the most powerful demons and one of the oldest.”
“That’s something, I guess.” Dean pinched his nose and turned to Cas. “Have you ever heard of this demon?”
Cas tried to think back. He knew a lot about some of the first demons, like Lilith, but he was having a hard time recalling anything prior to becoming human. His human memory was beginning to fade with time. The name sounded familiar, but he couldn’t place it.
He shook his head. “I’m sorry, Dean. I can’t remember.”
Dean was concerned by the distraught look on Cas’s face. “That’s alright. That’s what research is for.” He took his arm and led him to the door. “Faith, you will have a part of this hunt. But please, stay here until we can figure out what we’re up against.” She nodded as they left her room.
After searching for hours, they came up with little to nothing on Furcas, other than the fact that he was a Knight of Hell. Dean groaned. “Great, so we’re up against another Abaddon?”
“Something like.” Cas looked away from the computer screen. A vague memory of the Knights of Hell surfaced. Many of them had been killed long ago. Cas wasn’t present or involved at all with the killings, but even the archangels had a hard time getting rid of the ones they managed to smite. Clearly Abaddon wasn’t the only one to escape.
“That’s just great. How are we supposed to kill another one of these bastards? I doubt we can pull the bullet trick again.”
Cas shook his head. “I don’t know. It would require a lot more power than we have.”
“What about Faith?” Dean put a hand up when Cas was about to argue. “Not as in, throwing her to him like a bomb, but could she be powerful enough to do some damage or even kill him?”
Cas considered it. Nephilim were at least as strong as archangels. Something in their makeup made them more powerful, stronger, much like the half demon child they had met long ago. “It’s possible, theoretically. I don’t know if we should let Faith go after him though, not yet.”
“Yeah, not yet. It’s just nice to know that it could be possible. Do you think there are more Knights still alive out there?”
“I don’t know. I hope not, but who knows?”
“I think I should call Sam. I really don’t want him to worry but he should know about this.” Dean stood and took out his phone.
Cas went to find Faith as Dean talked to Sam. He wanted to let her know what was going on too. She was in a difficult yoga pose with her legs in the air and balancing on her left hand. When she saw Cas enter, she put her other hand down and rolled into a somersault. She jumped up to her feet.
“What’s up?” She could tell he was there for something serious.
“Sit.” He sat on the small mat she had been practicing on. She sat across from him with her legs crossed. “Your dad and I have been looking up more information on Furcas. He’s a Knight of Hell, like Abaddon was. Which means that not much can stop or kill him.”
“What are we gonna do?”
Cas shook his head. “We don’t know yet. We’re hoping Tracy can get us some information on where he is and the tablet. All we can do is wait and keep eyes out.”
Faith nodded and sighed. She really wanted to do something about this problem, but she couldn’t. “Wanna spar, Pop?” She smiled and tapped his knee.
Cas laughed as she hopped up to her feet. “Alright, but go easy on me. I’m not getting younger.” He stood as Faith laughed and helped her practice.
For the next few months, Tracy called in with some information. She had found out his name and rank and that he was staying mostly along the West Coast. It took her a while but she finally heard something about what tablet they might have: the angel tablet.
Cas’s eyes had widened when Dean told him that. Without Kevin, there wasn’t much of a threat but if Kevin became too much trouble or if he got impatient, he might just kill him and wait for the next one to show up.
The urge to bring Kevin back was greater now that they knew how serious a threat there was. Dean was even tempted to let Faith ‘accidently’ misunderstand Dean and go pick him up. Eventually, he agreed to spend the summer break at the bunker and Faith was elated.
A couple weeks after moving Kevin, Tracy called again and told Dean that the demons knew that Kevin was with them again and that the nephilim had flown him back. It wasn’t surprising for them, but it made them more cautious when they left the safe house.
It was quiet that summer and it only made them all the more nervous. They went on some smaller jobs to fight getting stir crazy. They sometimes left Faith with Kevin, and other times they took her along.
When school started again, Kevin returned with a couple hunter guards. It was his last year and he wanted to get his degree. That was when all the trouble started again and Kevin was taken.
Dean got a call from the demon that had grabbed him and told him to come with the nephilim and maybe they could work something out. He hadn’t planned to agree to that but Faith had a plan.
Dean drove up to the meeting place in California with Cas and Faith. He looked back at Faith in the back. “Are you sure you want to do this?”
She nodded. “We have to. Kevin won’t translate for him. They’ll kill him.”
“Yeah, okay let’s go.”
They walked up together, both parents holding one of Faith’s arms. When they reached the door, Faith started screaming and crying. They dragged her in and saw the demons waiting inside the building. Kevin was back by the opposite wall with a demon on either side.
Tears fell down Faith’s cheeks as Dean and Cas played at roughly pulling her into the room. The demons already seemed skeptical. They had been smart enough to put some angel binding on the walls, but half of it was wrong and it didn’t do much to weaken Faith.
“We’re here. Give us Kevin.” Dean held Faith in a much looser grip then he made it look as he growled at the demons.
“That’s not what we agreed to.” One of the demons in front moved forward with a smile. “You brought her, we have the prophet, why would we give any of that up?”
The door slammed shut behind them and latched. Dean and Cas looked back. The demons laughed.
“Did you really think it would be as easy as a horse trade?” A smoother voice spoke as the demons moved away. Faith got quiet as Furcas
entered slowly. “Really? I expected so much more.” He looked at Faith with a smile that made her skin crawl.
Dean and Cas dropped the act and pushed Faith behind them. They touched shoulders as they stood in front of her. Furcas looked up to meet their eye.
“What was the plan here exactly? To make us think you would honestly give us your daughter so she could turn on us and you would all get away?” He laughed at the absurdity of it.
“Something like that.” Faith wiped the tears from her cheeks and pushed her way through her parents’ hips. She glared at Furcas. “You need better binding on this place. NIDAWI!”
Faith’s eyes began to glow and Furcas backed away in fear. Dean and Cas charged the demons and fought their way to Kevin. Faith kept her eyes on Furcas with a snarl on her face. Grace shot out her fingertips. Nidawi then flew through the room and knocked a few of the demons away from Dean and Cas.
When Faith’s whole body lit up with grace, Furcas opened his vessel’s mouth wide and left in a black cloud. Faith tried to chase it and ended up outside.
Dean and Cas grabbed Kevin and ran out to the car. Nidawi was flying close by but went back when Faith hadn’t returned. She was looking at the sky with a frown. The fairy bumped her lightly. She shook her head and walked back with her to the car.
Kevin spent the night in the motel with them before they would fly him back to school.
“So you’re sure it was the angel tablet?” Cas hadn’t known there was an angel tablet but he couldn’t imagine the damage it could cause.
Kevin nodded. “I had eyes on it for a while. It was about angels and Heaven. I didn’t get a lot of specifics but there is a lot of information there. I don’t want to think about what he’s planning to do.”
“You know he’ll probably give up on kidnapping you, right? He’ll most likely just try to kill you. A new prophet would probably be a lot more compliant.” Dean didn’t want to be the black cloud, but he felt the need to point it out.
“I know.”
“I guess we’ll just have to get you some more protection.” Dean patted his shoulder.
Faith jumped up to his bed and sat next to him. “I’m glad you didn’t get hurt.”
He smiled at her. “Me too. Thanks for coming to get me.” He ruffled her long hair. She slapped his hands away and laughed.
They returned Kevin to school the next day and asked Tracy to help keep an eye on him. She had sighed and told them to get new friends before agreeing. They thought maybe she could have an edge the other hunters didn’t have. They had to hope for the best.
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